Collar

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Collar

Entry/Object ID

2000.10.47J

Description

Silk, silk gloss, gold floss. Piece of collar; white silk lined with coral silk. Scalloped border of black silk. Embroidery in coral, red, two shades of green, black, and gold. Embroidery is floral in design with a geometric design in the center. Unbound edge is rough. Asia? China?

Dimensions

Height

4-1/4 in

Width

9-1/2 in

Material

Silk

Provenance

Notes

See Sophie Steel textiles. Donor Anson Peckham was nephew of Sophie Steel. Steel (1870-1958) was born in Bethlehem, PA but grew up in Germantown. She later lived in England and France and was a student of Howard Pyle. She illustrated "Historic Dress in America."